South Carolina Has a Choice...Tim Carnes for U.S. Senate

What is the price? Part 1

2008-03-18T19:44:00.000-07:00

Over the next series of days and weeks, I intend to ask myself and anyone who will take a moment to listen a series of questions pertaining to our freedoms and our future.

How much will it cost to buy your principles?

What do you ask in return?

Is it a job?

Is it the security of your IRA or 401 k plan?

Is it the promise of conservative judges appointed to the Supreme Court?

Will your convictions be purchased by material satisfaction, the trinkets and toys of our lives?

We believe in the Constitution and in our constitutional republic, or do we?

What does it mean to believe in something? Does it mean we give mental affirmation to the idea? Does it mean we accept the principles in general terms?

What are you willing to accept as a substitute for your freedom?

Are you willing to allow the government to monitor your bank account?

Can they record and question your purchases?

Are you willing to allow them open access to your home?

Can they record all your phone conversations?

Is it permissible for them to record your travels, your friendships and your leisure activities?

Here are some recent headlines.

http://www.newsobserver.com/nation_world/story/984882.html

An audit by the inspector general last year found that the FBI demanded personal records without official authorization or otherwise collected more data than allowed in dozens of cases between 2003 and 2005. Additionally, last year's audit found that the FBI had underreported to Congress how many national security letters were requested by more than 4,600.
The new audit, which examines use of national security letters issued in 2006, "will identify issues similar to those in the report issued last March," Mueller said. The privacy abuse "predates the reforms we now have in place," he said.
"We are committed to ensuring that we not only get this right but maintain the vital trust of the American people," Mueller said.
National security letters, as outlined in the USA Patriot Act, are administrative subpoenas used in suspected terrorism and espionage cases. They allow the FBI to require telephone companies, Internet service providers, banks, credit bureaus and other businesses to produce highly personal records about their customers or subscribers without a judge's approval.

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0514-07.htm

Homeland Security Department Used to Track Texas Democrats
by Glenn W. Smith

Republicans in Washington and Austin, Texas apparently used a Homeland Security Department agency to track Texas Democratic legislators who left the state to block passage of a GOP-backed Congressional redistricting bill.
This is the same Homeland Security Department that is supposed to be making America safe from foreign terrorists. It's the agency we were told would never be used for domestic political purposes.
But today's edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that the Air and Marine Interdiction and Coordination Center, in Riverside, California, became involved in the Republican search for 51 Democratic state representatives who went to Ardmore, Oklahoma to break a quorum of the House and block action on the redistricting bill.
Here's what the Star-Telegram reported: "The agency received a call to locate a specific Piper turboprop aircraft. It was determined that the plane belonged to former House Speaker Pete Laney." Laney is one of the Democrats who is fighting against the redistricting bill.
The newspaper said, "Laney's plane proved to be a key piece of information because, (Republican House Speaker) Craddick said, it's how he determined that the Democrats were in Ardmore. 'We called someone, and they said they were going to track it. I have no idea how they tracked it down,' Craddick said. 'That's how we found them.'"
The Interdiction and Coordination center "falls under the auspices of the Homeland Security Department," the Star-Telegram reported.
Republican Craddick, at the request of U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, is pushing a redistricting plan that would eliminate five Democrats from the U.S. Congress. Currently, the Texas delegation contains 17 Democrats and 15 Republicans.
While saying they "called someone," Craddick denied making calls to any federal agency, but DeLay confirmed that Republicans sought the assistance of federal law enforcement.
The action by the House Democrats, dubbed the "Heroes of the House" and the "Killer D's" (a reference to a similar quorum-busting action by Texas Senate Democrats in the late 1970s), has gained national attention. Their action has also received a surprising amount of support from Texas newspapers, which have criticized the deeply partisan actions of Texas Republicans.
Republican leaders in Texas and Washington are furious. They have called the Democrats, holed up in a Holiday Inn in Ardmore, "cowards" and "terrorists."
State troopers have followed the Democrats wives, parents and children. Troopers even staked out a hospital where one lawmaker's premature twins are being cared for. Staffers have been harassed. All this has happened after the location of the Democrats was known.

And it is no different for the other party. When the Democrats were in power here are some headlines:

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/01/27/hillary.today/

Hillary Clinton: 'This Is A Battle'
Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 27) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday firmly denied allegations that her husband had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Mrs. Clinton blamed the sex allegations on a "a vast right-wing conspiracy" against President Bill Clinton.
She made the statement during an interview on NBC's "Today" show, where she was asked to comment on accusations and rumors that have caused a political uproar and even triggered speculation about the possibility of impeachment of the president.
"I do believe that this is a battle," the first lady said.
"Look at the very people who are involved in this. They have popped up in other settings. The great story here for anybody willing to find it, write about it and explain it is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president," Mrs. Clinton said.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/01/14/hillary/

Hillary Clinton Questioned About FBI Files
Whitewater prosecutors grill the first lady at the White House
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 14) -- First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was interviewed under oath today by Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr about the circumstances behind the White House's gathering of hundreds of sensitive FBI background files on previous White House employees. An administration official says the interview lasted just 15 minutes.
White House spokesman Mike McCurry said the interview took place in the White House residence. Reading from a statement by White House Counsel Charles Ruff, McCurry said Mrs. Clinton was asked about the White House obtaining of FBI file information on former White House employees in 1993 and 1994.
In addition to Ruff, the Clinton's Whitewater lawyer David Kendall was also in the room during the interview. McCurry said when Mrs. Clinton was asked to be interviewed she voluntarily agreed, in keeping with the president's promise to cooperate fully with the independent counsel.
Reading from Ruff's statement, McCurry said, "As the president has previously announced, he and Mrs. Clinton are cooperating fully with the independent counsel. Mrs. Clinton voluntarily agreed when an interview was requested."
The White House statement also said the sworn testimony focused on "the acquisition in 1993-94 by the White House of certain FBI file information concerning former White House employees. Consistent with past practice, no further statements about the content of the interview will be made at this time."
Mrs. Clinton has said she knows nothing about the controversy or the hiring of Craig Livingstone, the former aide who headed the office that collected the sensitive FBI material.
The House Government Reform and Oversight Committee uncovered the White House's gathering of the FBI files in 1997. There was a short-lived uproar and Livingstone resigned from the administration.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/alexander.shtml

In the case known as "Filegate" Judicial Watch is representing plaintiffs in a class-action suit filed by the White House employees of Reagan and G.H.W. Bush administrations whose FBI files were wrongly accessed by the Clinton-Gore White House. The Clinton White House and the FBI are being sued under the federal Privacy Act, while the defendants Bernard Nussbaum, Craig Livingstone, Anthony Marceca and Hillary Clinton are being sued for common law tort of invasion of privacy."Filegate" consists of the over 900 FBI files which were illegally acquired by the Clinton-Gore White House and the misuse of other government files protected by The Privacy Act, in order to gather information to smear political adversaries and critics.Keep in mind that Chuck Colson spent seven months in prison for illegal possession of a single FBI file as part of the Watergate prosecutions.Sworn testimony of two Clinton-Gore White House whistleblowers showed that over 100,000 (and perhaps as many as 1,000,000) e-mails, in addition to about 500 hard drive cartridges, which contained incriminating evidence concerning Filegate, Travelgate, Chinagate, Lewinsky and other Clinton scandals were tampered with.

So let me repeat my question.

How much of your freedoms are you willing to give up in the name of security?

The freedoms you give up today to fight the terrorists might well be turned against you depending on who is in power. You might be on the side of right today and on the side of suspicion next week.

If we give up our freedom in the name of security we will lose both.

I have heard the comments why should I care, I have nothing to hide.

My contention is not that I have anything to hide but I have much to lose.

Losing liberty is not a callous or trivial thing. To give over that which is mine, to transfer it, if you will to the control and pleasure of Government is not a small request.

The Fourth Amendment provides a limit on Government in the following manner:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Now is it true that because I am jealous of my freedom, I must be weak on National Security. I say no a thousand times.

I would contend that the nation is far more secure by enforcing the limitations placed upon the Government. There are suitable provisions available for the government to collect and analyze information based upon probable cause without having to carte blanc surrender the freedom of all citizens. The framers of the constitution were equally worried about the abusiveness of a large central government.

As we analyze the political parties what are we requiring of them?

Do we allow them to hold a position which would take our Freedom and grant unconstitutional power to the government?

What will we do to require those who want to be our leaders to commit to the cause of protecting our Constitution?

Will we require their promise to work to repeal such legislation as the National Security Act, the Patriot and Patriot 2 acts and all other attempts designed to impose the strong arm of the Government and a loss of our personal liberties?
Will we sell out under the threat that we have no choice or that we must accept the lesser of evils?

Will we propel new leaders into places of responsibility not because of their bloodline, not because of their bank account and not because of their party label but because of their principles and their avid desire to protect our Freedoms?

Where are these leaders?
Where are the citizens who are tired of losing what is theirs?

It will cost you to take a stand. It will cost you to support candidates who are not tied to the special interest and will of big business and the established parties.

Freedom is not Free, it is a most precious gift worthy of our due diligence and guard.

Your voice and your vote will give evidence to your convictions.

Moderate

2008-02-11T17:46:00.000-08:00

Lindsey Graham and John McCain are described by the secular media as moderates.

A Moderate is a liberal who hasn't come out of the closet.

67% of South Carolina Republicans Rejected John McCain

2008-01-21T12:40:00.000-08:00

I was surprised that John McCain did as well as he did in South Carolina. I was specifically interested in where he performed well and where he performed poorly. John McCain's participation in the Amnesty for illegal aliens, McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform fiasco and the Gang of 14 prove that he is not a conservative at heart. McCain "became" a conservative especially in regards to the above issues as he entered South Carolina. He debated that the Amnesty bill was not Amnesty and when he was cornered on the issue time and again, he would divert to "I think we should lower the rhetoric and move on." Which in other words means I don't want to be held accountable so please change the subject.

My interest in McCain's performance lied in the important issues and my belief that these areas will not be addressed IF he becomes the Republican party nominee. I do not believe the experience of John McCain being a prisoner of war equates to his ability to be a good commander in chief. If he is as strong on National Security and our defense as he professes, why was he willing to leave our border open until the voice of the people spoke loud enough that in his words "we have heard from the American people and they no longer trust their government, they want the border secured first." Well John McCain is a part of the government and he is part of the reason that the American people do not trust the government to keep its word. Leaders who run as conservatives who embrace liberal democratic views are not to be trusted. How competent is a commander in chief if he has to reach the point of hearing the voice of the American people before calling for the border to be secured.

I am sorry John McCain was a prisoner of war but I do not believe he is the best potential commander in chief because of it. How about spending, Congress has allowed rampant spending for the past 8 years and while I am glad John McCain stopped the funding of an overly expensive airplane contract, where has he contributed with any degree of energy an effort to stop pork earmarks. He hasn't because he has been party to the spending spree. He dodges the issue of voting against the tax cuts because he is attempting to play a great national shell game where the politician hides his record and dodges the evidence of who he is and what kind of leader he will be if elected as the President.

I can go on at length about the issues where John McCain has proven his true "stripes"; and those stripes are liberal; but I want to divert my attention for a moment to his buddy Lindsey Graham. Lindsey has worked diligently to become just like John McCain and he has mirrored McCain's sad positions more oft than not. I know Lindsey is hoping that since John McCain squeaked by with the SC primary victory that he can hope to enjoy the same level of 'forgetfulness' on the part of the voters of SC.

Lindsey needs to understand that McCain won SC because of the split vote among so many candidates. Let's look at the numbers for a moment. McCain came out with 33% of the vote.
That means that 67% of the SC Republican voters reject John McCain and his positions.

67% of SC Republicans did NOT want John McCain as their representative or the party nominee. Lindsey can expect to share the same level at best when we run in the spring.

I am running for the United States Senate to replace Lindsey Graham and I am speaking to the 67% or more of SC Republicans who feel as I do about these important issues. Join me in this campaign and let's prove to the pundits that SC still holds a majority of conservative republicans who will prove their discontent when they cast their vote for their next Senator.

The numbers and the odds worked against us in the Presidential race but we can loudly express our views in the race for Senate. If and I repeat IF John McCain goes on to become the Republican nominee how much more important will be the need to unseat Lindsey Graham so we can be a counter balance to the liberal policies that McCain is sure to try. I will as Senator stand firm on the policies and positions that I hold, it is because we have been betrayed in our conservative values from Lindsey and others like McCain that I have entered into this race. There is no acceptable reason for elected leaders to abandon their principles. When they run as strong conservatives, like Lindsey did, and then they promote these liberal positions, again like Lindsey has done, the evidence that their principles were ones of convenience rather than principles of conviction is hard to ignore.

Watch for our new website and continue to send in your comments and questions. I promise I will answer all of them. Join our team and support this campaign in a tangible manner. No contribution is too small and every amount entrusted for this effort will be well served.

On This Day

2007-09-11T04:30:00.000-07:00

WE REMEMBER

WE MOURN

WE VOW...WE WILL NEVER FORGET !

How Liberal is too Liberal

2007-09-10T17:07:00.000-07:00

If you are conservative exactly how many bills and/or amendments do you expect your Senator to argue in support of from a liberal viewpoint ? My answer is none. Now I know there are those who will claim that there are 3 lanes in every road, Conservative, Liberal and Middle of the Road. What Middle of the Road means is that a liberal has moved toward the conservative viewpoint and a conservative has moved to the liberal viewpoint.

When we negotiate for what portion of our conservative views are included in a bill, we work to get all of the conservative positions fully represented and fully enacted. It will be true that sometimes, we will not always get everything we want and because of that we can say a bill is middle of the road or a compromise between our conservative values and the values of our liberal counterparts.

The dramatic difference is when we totally abandon the conservative viewpoint and if we begin to debate for the liberal position. We argue against the conservative values. We work against the Senators making a conservative stand. In taking the position of advocate for the liberal position we are now not conservative nor are we meeting in the middle of the road with a compromise of positions to be included but we are working to the cause and advancement of the liberal policy.
Here in lies the problem with Lindsey Graham's representation of South Carolina.

He is a conservative part time. He argues from a conservative viewpoint and he attempts to accomplish conservative policy.... sometimes. But he is also a liberal.. part time. He argues from the viewpoint of a liberal and applies as much energy in accomplishing the liberal positions and policies as he ever does for the conservative. He works against our values. This is why he moves to name calling and making petty threats about the state not receiving the next Post Office they desire etc..

In this duplicity of personality, this dual representation he causes the conservative values to suffer more than he causes our values to prosper.

Lindsey plays the political game; he professes one position and argues against it in Congress. It is like the argument for Amnesty of 30 million illegal aliens where he came out to a news conference and adamantly declared "This is Not Amnesty !" only to have to recant those shallow and false words later when he himself admitted the policies he proposed were in fact Amnesty.

Lindsey knows that most South Carolinians are busy with their lives and do not take the time to watch or guard the policies of our Senators. We shouldn't have to. We should be able to depend on their political integrity and trust them to represent us as they promised and with the values they professed to hold.

Lindsey prides himself on being rated a 90% conservative and when we examine his record we find that he voted with the liberal party and argued from a liberal perspective 13% of the time during the last 2 Congressional sessions. He is as liberal in those times as is the well known liberal Senator from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy. Lindsey votes in agreement with Ted Kennedy when he is voting from his liberal personality. In fact as you review his record, you will find times where even Ted Kennedy voted for conservative values when it came to security and citizen protections. Kennedy voted with the Republican party in some critical areas where you would expect a Conservative Senator to be champion of the cause but Lindsey was found voting against the Republican party, against conservative values and more liberal in his stand than Kennedy.

One prime example of this was when the bill came before Congress which would have increased cargo container inspections at the point of origin and would have required 100% inspection for nuclear materials to prevent a terrorist group from using our shipping cargo containers for the purpose of shipping in a dirty bomb or the radioactive material to be used in a dirty bomb. We all know this is an area of risk and the 9/11 commission even called on us to tighten this area of vulnerability. The republicans in majority voted for this protection, the democrats in majority voted for this protection but Lindsey voted against it.

Similarly when the opportunity to protect American citizens from being sued when they in good faith reported suspicious activities. Ted Kennedy voted with the majority of Republicans and Democrats to offer this protection to the American citizen but Lindsey voted against.

Hypocrisy ? Liberal ? You Decide... When Congress voted to express the concern and the resolution that the new Iraq government Not grant Amnesty to any terrorist who had fought against, wounded or killed an American soldier and that the President issue this concern to the President of Iraq, the majority of Republicans voted Yes, the majority of Democrats voted Yes. And even our liberal Senator from Massachusetts voted Yes but Lindsey Graham representing South Carolina, the Senator who wants you to believe he fully supports our troops, he voted NO !

We can go on with further examples but if you visit the campaign website http://www.carnesforsenate.com/ and select the link to view Lindsey's Liberal positions, you will be taken to a page dedicated to catalog many of Lindsey's liberal positions.

How liberal is too liberal ? Now that we know Lindsey will tell us one thing and do another. Now that we have seen him push for the amnesty of 30 million illegal aliens, not once but three times. Now that he has said he will introduce and get the bill passed in piece meal fashion. How liberal is too liberal ?

Lindsey is too liberal. He has served one term and now it is time for him to go home.

We want, we expect and we demand consistent conservative representation from our Senator.

We are not bigots and we will not shut-up so Lindsey can pass his liberal agenda despite our objections. We will not give Lindsey another term to betray us further.

Give him cover and he will try it again

2007-08-11T14:01:00.000-07:00

There are tens of thousands of citizens in South Carolina that express their discontent for the actions of Senator Lindsey Graham. Senator Graham is up for reelection and now is the time to put words into action.

If Graham is reelected and has the security and cover of another 6 years in office, does anyone really believe that he will not return to his condescending attitude and attempt to promote and pass the same type of full amnesty for illegal immigrants that he championed in July ?

In light of local communities reacting to the attempt of Congress to pass amnesty, where many are putting forth their own local provisions and security laws, Mr. Graham’s response was ‘Mr. Graham said local governments should not pass anti-illegal immigration regulations but should trust Congress to address the issue.’ Kirsten Singleton; Morris News Service; Wed Aug 8th, 2007

We can go back to some of his comments on the floor of the Senate when discussion of not only bringing in 12 million illegal immigrants by granting them amnesty but about the volumes of immigrants who would be allowed to enter the country as well, as the family members of the illegal immigrants who would have received amnesty and legalized status.
Mr. GRAHAM. “So if you want to be the person who keeps families apart, bring this bill down. I assure families will not be reunified under the current system like they are here” (he is speaking of the immigration bill) , that we will have a dramatic increase in green cards to get these families reunited. We go up to 74 percent. If you want to keep families apart, bring this bill down and let the current system survive.
Secondly, when it comes to families, there are 12 million people here illegally. Is it not true that their families, under this bill--if they will do the right thing--will never live in fear again? ““(meaning not only will the 12 + million illegals be granted amnesty but they will double or triple that number by allowing the families to follow)

In the heat of the debate where South Carolinians and millions of other American citizens rose up to express their contempt for the amnesty plan, Mr. Graham’s response was to call us ‘Bigots’ and to say that if we would ‘shut-up’ then they could go ahead and get this bill passed.

Well Lindsey, listen carefully, those of us in South Carolina and those Americans who want to secure our country are not ‘Bigots’ and we do not intend to ‘shut-up’ or go away so you can get your amnesty provisions passed.

If we want to change our representation in the Senate, Now is the time to put our Words into Action. I am running for the office of United States Senator, representing the people of South Carolina, to replace Lindsey Graham. I am running because he has abandoned our concerns and best interest. He has expressed an attitude of arrogance and contempt for the very people who sent him to South Carolina. He championed the cause of granting illegal amnesty to over 12 million illegal immigrants and was willing to follow that numbers with millions and millions of their family members.
He voted against the Senate Amendment 1339 which would require the full use of the U.S. Visit System passed in 1996 and mandated to be fully operational by 2005. This plan provides for biometric check in and check out at the border. We discuss the contrast of this in another article, but Lindsey would rather promote a national identification card for American Citizens than he would for enforcing the protection at the border which would target the illegal immigrants.

Lindsey voted against the amendment offer by Senator DeMint which would require that the illegal immigrants being granted amnesty would be ‘required’ to have at least a basic protection of insurance coverage so the American taxpayer would not have to fund their healthcare as well. Lindsey Graham voted against that protection.

If you allow Lindsey Graham to have 6 more years, He will try again and again. He will promote the same plan and the same solution, amnesty, until he can find a time and a method when the American people are distracted and it will become law.

Join me in this effort, become part of the team. Between now and January 2008 we need to get the word out, donate to the cause, become active in the process and refuse to allow Lindsey Graham an opportunity to try amnesty again.

Did I hear Lindsey right ....Mexico is not corrupt???

2007-08-11T13:50:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Graham said most of our illegal immigration problem was due to people coming from corrupt governments. He initially listed Mexico as one of the corrupt.

Rightfully so, but Lindsey the politician, ever willing, able and ready to straddle the fence came back and said No, I am not talking about Mexico.

What kind of leadership do we have in this Senator. Say what you mean, mean what you say and have the backbone to stand by your comments.

Well before we look at the news report of Lindsey’s comments lets look at just a couple of literally hundreds of available articles and sources that deal with Mexican corruption.

Excerpts from various news sources:
Mexidata.info http://www.mexidata.info/id148.html

“Monday, March 8, 2004Mexican corruption scandals go on and onBy Carlos Luken

Nobody smiles in the Mexican version of “Candid Camera.”In what is seemingly a pattern, Mexican audiences are being repeatedly roused with illustrations of politicians engaged in corrupt activities
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www.southalabama.edu/internationalstudies/sdmweb/crptn%20and%20political%20culture.pdf

Contemporary Mexican political history brims with dramatic, soap-opera-like scandals, wild accusations, seemingly credible evidence of widespread corruption (high and low; bureaucratic and political) ........
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http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/951127/lomnitz.shtml

Lomnitz: Understanding history of corruption in MexicoConference to be held on campus Nov. 30-Dec. 2 Although inhabitants of Mexico decry the presence of corruption in their society, corruption has been a force in public life there since colonial times, said Claudio Lomnitz, who joined the University faculty this fall as Professor in History. ……………………In Mexico, corruption consists of an intricate system of exchanges in which support for public officials is given in return for certain privileges.
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http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9902/25/us.mexico/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As a decision nears on whether to certify Mexico's anti-drug efforts, the Drug Enforcement Administration says Mexico's efforts against narcotics trafficking are failing and corruption is hampering joint programs. ==============================================
AND FINALLY !!!! http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/NEWS01/708090306/1004/NEWS01

Mexico not corrupt, Graham clarifies
Senator was referring to other countries in immigration remark, spokesman says

Published: Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 2:00 am By Tim Smith CAPITAL BUREAUtcsmith@greenvillenews.com

COLUMBIA -- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday the senator wasn't referring to Mexico when he told reporters in South Carolina on Tuesday that immigrants coming to America are from countries with "mainly corrupt" governments........"The people who are coming here from Central America, Mexico and other places have one thing in common -- they are impoverished and their governments are mainly corrupt."

Wes Hickman, a spokesman for Graham, told The Greenville News he talked with the Republican senator Wednesday about the comments and Graham wasn't referring to Mexico. ……U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, a Columbia Democrat, said he was glad Graham clarified his remarks. “
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A Senator needs the backbone to stand on the truth and no back down when confronted. Graham had the statement right the first time but when faced with potential objection he appears to have recanted.

Mexico is not corrupt, Lindsey is not too liberal, and the people of South Carolina are not fed up with this kind of representation.

Just remove the little word ‘not’ from the above statement and we will have it correct.

Say No to Bio-metric Social Security Cards

2007-08-11T13:46:00.000-07:00

Why is Lindsey Graham wanting to establish a National Identification Card system? Why is he calling for a modification to the social security card replacing it with a bio-metric type of card? In 1986 after amnesty was granted to millions of illegal immigrants and we were promised that would be the last amnesty program because our leaders were going to ensure that the border would be secured moving forward. One of the provisions for allowing persons to receive amnesty was by filing for agricultural worker permit. The numbers of persons who reported filed false affidavits were in the hundreds of thousands and the capability of the government to verify those documents and claims were so poor that they, the government agencies, allowed those people in. The 9/11 commission reports that 2 of the masterminds behind the First World Trade Center bombing were immigrants allowed in under that failed amnesty program.

Now rather than deal with the illegals; (Hispanic, European, Asian, Middle Eastern or those of any other designation), and spending the time and effort to find these people and remove them from the country. Lindsey would rather spend billions of dollars enforcing a bio-metric national id card on us. He claims it will be used to ensure that employers are only hiring legal citizens but starting at the social security card level, allows those who have illegal documents to submit and receive a bio-metric testimony that will complicate ever getting the problem fixed. So if I am Jose and I have broken into the country, bought stolen documents that say I am John Jones and take those docs with me down to the Social Security office, they are to now give me a bio-metric social security card, when I leave the office I now have a government sanctioned bio-metric card that says I am John Jones. When the real John Jones goes to get his Social Security card converted to the bio-metric national identification card, Jose has already stolen it so the real John Jones is held back and impacted in multiple negative ways. No one knows where Jose is and extensive amount of time, effort and financial expense the real John Jones will have to go through to prove who he is will be staggering.

I am opposed to a National Identification System, like the bio-metric Social Security Card. Let’s go back to the basics and fully secure the borders. Let’s make sure that job gets done first and gets done right. I am not talking about adding cameras so we can see that they are coming across, I am talking about building a solid wall type of border. One that is unlike the chain link fences in sections of the border where they cut the fence and enter. One that is unlike the 10 ft metal fence designed and built so very easily someone can prop up beside it and begin to cross. Build a secure wall and secure our border.

Increase by 4 times the amount of Border Control Agents working to protect us. Increase by 3 or 4 times the number of ICE agents and empower by law Federal, State and Local law enforcement officers to be empowered and required to enforce all immigration law.

Stop the ability for Federal, State and Local Social Services to be received by non citizens. Stop the ability for financial institutions to grant financial and/or credit services to illegal immigrants. Increase the inspections and penalties for employers hiring illegal immigrants. Stop ability to receive driving licenses or any other form of state sanctioned identification.

We do not need a National Identification Bio-Metric card for American Citizens. We do not need to infringe and remove personal privacy protections from American citizens in the name of being more security minded against illegal immigrants. Go to the source of the problem and deal with it there.

Lindsey, drop your attempt to push this plan. Citizens of South Carolina, now is the time for all good men and women of conscience to stand up and say enough is enough. Let’s send Lindsey home. Join our campaign, donate to the cause, help in the effort and let’s change the voice of our representation in Congress.

Cow-chips in your Brownies

2007-08-11T13:45:00.002-07:00

There are a few democrats and a few Lindsey Graham supporters who will use this line, but he has been conservative on 90 % of the issues. I heard this very sentiment from a caller while listening to WORD Radio in Greenville. Are you going to remove someone who has agreed with your positions 90% of the time? Well let me give you an analogy:

Go with me for a moment to my kitchen. I am going to make you some delicious chocolate chip walnut brownies. I pull the recipe book down and take a couple of minutes to read its instructions.

I find my stainless steel mixing bowl, get the proper amount of flour, eggs, oil, butter, chocolate chips and fresh cracked walnuts. Following the recipe I mix the flour and the oil, followed by adding the eggs, a little salt and soda. I have preheated the oven and my glass pan is buttered and flour ready for the batter to be completed. I add the chips and the walnuts and mix thoroughly. It is at this point that I look at the recipe and it calls for 1 cup of Hershey’s cocoa. I walk to the dining room buffet and open the bottom door. I remove a 1 lb glad bag that is ¾ full of a fine ground lightly brown powder. It is not coca but rather what those raised in the country would call, cow-pies, or cow-chips. Fertilizer of the most natural origin. It has been chopped and is now a close replica to the coca I could find in the kitchen cabinet.

How much of the cow-chip mixture will you allow to be put in and use in this recipe before you consider the brownies wasted and worthless? A cup, 3 or 4 tablespoons full ? How much cow-chip do you want in your brownies?

I have over 90% of the ingredients right. I am correct on most of the important things. But a significant ingredient, a major piece of this recipe has been substituted. Now I am sure by this time you can see the point in what I am saying, Lindsey can be conservative some of the time, Lindsey can be conservative most of the time. In fact he has said he is conservative as long as he can be. But 90% conservative is not conservative. Amnesty for illegal immigrants is a significant issue. Lindsey’s lack of willingness to hear our voices, his swift identification of those of us wanting to secure the border first as ‘bigots’ and telling us to ‘shut-up’. His champion role of the gang of 14, his failure to support reasonable measure of strengthening the US Visit law, voting against Senator DeMints amendment to reform earmarks, voting against requiring minimal protection of health insurance, for those who would have received amnesty, so taxpayers would not have to foot the bill. All of these failures are like a bag of finely ground cow-pie.

Amnesty is like putting cow-chips in our brownies. He is almost conservative.

I am not looking for an almost conservative to represent me, I am looking for a consistent conservative and that is my pledge. When elected to replace Lindsey Graham, I will be a consistent conservative representing the people of South Carolina. Join me in the effort, donate to the cause and make your voice heard loud and clear.

Cow-chips in our brownies? No thank you.

What will Amaze the Liberal Press

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I can assure you, they will be shocked and we, as a State, will make the news of every broadcast. Why? Because if you listen to the liberal pundits, Lindsey is the incumbent, he has 4 million dollars in his campaign, he is mostly conservative on the majority of issues, the memories of the people of South Carolina will be short.

If you listen to them, the discontent is by just a few disgruntled people and not the majority. If you listen to their predictions you might believe the election is already over, Lindsey is elected and has 6 more years to perform his amnesty type of magic.

They will be amazed when the power of the voice of the citizens goes to the ballot box and elects NOT to send Lindsey back to Washington but rather to send him back to Pickens. They will be amazed at the will and the determination of the voters when they exceed the influence of his stuffed coffers and they demonstrate with their ballot what they tried to get Lindsey to understand.

Not only will the voters of South Carolina refuse to be called ‘bigots’ and refuse to be silenced but they will refuse to be fooled into believing the election is all but finalized and Graham is all but reelected.

The people of South Carolina have asked for a choice and I am providing them with that choice. They have said they will send Lindsey a message and that message is being sent through our campaign. They have pledged to support a replacement and the time is now for us to move into high gear. Between now and Jan 2008 we have a great deal of work to do. We need volunteers of time, we need resources of donations, I need the continued support and will of the voters as we prepare to amaze the liberal press.

South Carolina Has A Choice

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Lindsey Graham has betrayed his conservative promises and has voted with the liberal democrats 18 times (from Jan 1st through Jul 1st). He said Ted Kennedy
was a great man of principle and he has been on the wrong side of those values which are important to the people who sent him to congress.

South Carolina has a choice !!

Tim Carnes is running against Lindsey Graham and will return conservative integrity back into the representation that the people of South Carolina receives
in the Senate.

www.carnesforsenate.com

Your review and support for our common goals and values would be appreciated.

Thank you

Tim Carnes